Quotes from Ronald Reagan


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Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.


Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.


We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.


If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.


Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.


Trust, but verify.


When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat.


How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.


Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.


Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.


The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.


Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.


Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.


We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.


Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.


We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.


Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world.


You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.


There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder.


The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.